Ken Delmar at home with some of his artwork on Gurley Road in Stamford, Conn. on Monday May 6, 2013. More than half a dozen new works by Delmar are on view in “Delmar Is On A Roll,” an exhibit at Rockwell Art and Framing in Ridgefield. The show features works painted on Bounty paper towels.

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Ken Delmar at home with some of his artwork on Gurley Road in...

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Ken Delmar works on his paintings in his studio on Gurley Road in Stamford, Conn. on Monday May 6, 2013. More than half a dozen new works by Delmar are on view in “Delmar Is On A Roll,” an exhibit at Rockwell Art and Framing in Ridgefield. The show features works painted on Bounty paper towels.

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Stamford resident Ken Delmar celebrates his solo art show at George Billis Gallery in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City, N.Y., on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013. Delmar creates his paintings on paper towels and now has a show right here in Connecticut. More than half a dozen new works by Delmar are on view in “Delmar Is On A Roll,” an exhibit at Rockwell Art and Framing in Ridgefield.

This painting is among more than half a dozen new works by Ken Delmar on view in ìDelmar Is On A Roll,î an exhibit at Rockwell Art and Framing in Ridgefield. All of the works in this show were painted on Bounty paper towels.

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This painting of couples is among more than half a dozen new works by Ken Delmar on view in ìDelmar Is On A Roll,î an exhibit at Rockwell Art and Framing in Ridgefield. All of the works in this show were painted on Bounty paper towels.

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This painting of couples is among more than half a dozen new works...

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This painting is among more than half a dozen new works by Ken Delmar on view in ìDelmar Is On A Roll,î an exhibit at Rockwell Art and Framing in Ridgefield. All of the pieces in this show were painted on Bounty paper towels. Delmar calls this one "Music Soothes the Savage Breast." He said, "In the original Romance period in American literature, the line said 'breast'. Reviewers and other readers were so sensitive to this word that they changed it to 'beast'. I want the pure original version."

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This totem pole painting is among more than half a dozen new works by Ken Delmar on view in ìDelmar Is On A Roll,î an exhibit at Rockwell Art and Framing in Ridgefield. All of the works in this show were painted on Bounty paper towels.

In the fall of 2013, when contemporary artist Ken Delmar learned about a young Florida girl who committed suicide after being cyber bullied, he became very upset. He decided to create a piece of artwork, which he calls Raggedy Ann, as a direct response to that tragedy.

"In the painting there are 15 identical Raggedy Ann faces, but one of them is just a little different from the others. Her hair is more orange than red, and her face is wider," said Delmar, 72, of Stamford.

"After I finished the painting, I brought in kids from my street to take a look at it. They understood it immediately. The painting sends a subtle message that you shouldn't punish someone for being different. If you can get kids to come to this realization on their own, it will be more effective than scaring them with violent anti-bullying images," he said.

The Raggedy Ann painting is one of more than half a dozen new works by Delmar in "Delmar Is On A Roll," an art show at Rockwell Art and Framing in Ridgefield. The show features works painted on Bounty paper towels.

Delmar has been attracting a lot of attention in the art world for choosing to paint on Bounty towels. He started doing it in 2013, after noticing that when he wiped his brushes on Bounty, the colors really popped.

"I discovered that the colors I paint on paper towels are more vibrant than the colors I paint on canvas," said Delmar, who recently demonstrated his talents on "The Queen Latifah Show" on Jan. 14. Latifah did a painting, too, but she playfully had Delmar don a blindfold so he wouldn't have an unfair advantage as a professional artist. You can see the video at youtube.com/watch?v=BN_TITzS9FI.

"Couples" is another new work featured in the Ridgefield exhibit. The people in each couple shown in this painting share similar features. Delmar said he got the idea for this artwork several months ago when he saw a couple walking on the street and noticed they looked alike.

"I was thinking how many couples I know resemble each other. My wife and I do. We both have dark brown hair, hazel eyes and fair skin," Delmar said, referring to his wife Ulrike Delmar, 64, a real estate broker. The Delmars have a grown daughter, Alexandra Delmar, 43.

Delmar's works at the show range in price from $600 for a single face painting, to $1,600 for a painting of totem poles, to $6,000 for the Raggedy Ann.

Westport resident Sooo-z Mastropoietro, gallery director at Rockwell Art and Framing, said she's very impressed with Delmar's growing talents. "He has evolved in different directions as an artist. He's able to take on a theme and a style and embrace it, and take it to a higher level," said Mastropoietro, who has known Delmar for 15 years.

Lisa Cuscuna, board member and past president of the Loft Artists Association in Stamford, said, "It's very exciting to see an artist experiment with new techniques on new mediums. (His current work) is just the tip of the iceberg of the depth of talent Ken has."

Prior to being able to make a living as a full-time artist, he operated a film production company. He also wrote a nonfiction book called "Winning Moves," which is about body language for people in business.

While Delmar has enjoyed creating artworks on Bounty, he's exploring yet another material on which to paint -- paper napkins. "I was at a party recently at a yacht club, and I saw huge thick napkins there. They had a rough texture. I'm now trying to track down who makes them. I would like to try painting on them."

He said he's in a good place right now in his career, yet said that like most artists, he paints for the sheer love of it. "A person who creates art doesn't create it to sell or to please. They do what they have to do and let the chips fall where they may. The artist has to be honest and pure. You paint from the heart."